Summer Celebration Archives

2018 Celebration Photos

Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 at 8:22 pm

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Celebration Photos Courtesy: Doug Mills

: The event barn at RiverView!

: Preparing for the event!

: A big thank you to FLC Sponsors!

: A big thank you to FLC Hosts!

: FLC’s awesome volunteers – Glenda Eastridge & Jody Frye

: FLC Accountant Glenna Strissel & daughter Morgan

: Celebration crowd at RiverView

: FLC Banner Highlights 2017 1000 Acre Land Donation

: Sunflowers from the Harris Farm

: Doorprize Table

: Doorprize Table

: Sweeping view of attendees!

: Catching up on the veranda.

: Maried Montye & Aron Adkin

: Mark King with Todd & Anna White

: Mark Uhran & Diane Powell with RiverView’s Rachel Samulski

: Mary Kay Sullivan with R.B. & Liz Summitt

: Allison & Mike Palmer

: Pam Heckman & Sharon Templeton

: Thomas & Sindhu Zacharia

: Ashley & Andrew Saunders

: Ann King & Debbie Allen

: Beth & Greg Gilbert

: Bob & Bonnie Morris

: Burke Pinnell & Buckey Morris

: Nancy Thomas visiting with Burke Pinnell & Buckey Morris

: Chad & Carrie Wolfe

: Ronnie McKenzie is checking in…

: Debbie & Randy Allen

: Diane Patterson & Leah Berry

: Don & Glenda Mabry

: FLC Board Member Sherry Browder with FLC Executive Director Bill Clabough

: Angie & Doug Bataille

: FLC Board Member Sherry Browderw with husband, Bob

: FLC Board Members Mark King and David Zandstra

: FLC Founding Member, Gail Harris, visits with longetime FLC Board Member, Billy Minser

: FLC Friend Chuckie Kirby

: FLC Friends of the Foothills

: Friends of the Foothills catching up!

: Ginger Hughes and Gail Harris visit with former FLC Board Member Jay Clark

: Glenda Mabry & FLC Board Member Dan Barnett

: Pictured far right: FLC Board Member, Jenny Hines, with friends

: Jill & Scott Crawford

: Jim & Debbie Medford with Don Goebel

: John & Diana Patterson with Joe & Pam Heckman

: John & Marjorie Beasley

: Justin & Ashley Hoskins

: Kathy & Joel Zachry

: Kevin & Heidi Ellsworth

: Leah & MIke Berry

: Saying thank you to our Friends.

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Celebration Photos Courtesy: Doug Mills

2017 Summer Celebration Photos

Friday, September 8th, 2017 at 3:15 pm

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These photos are courtesy of Doug Mills.

: Entrance at RiverView Family Farm

: 2017 Celebration Sponsor Banner

: 2017 Celebration Host Banner

: Pre-party view of the barn

: Out on the veranda

: Looking out at Ft. Loudon

: Another beautiful view of the lake

: Entrance to the barn

: Photos of our wonderful volunteers!

: Volunteer station is ready to meet and greet!

: Saying hello!

: Greeting guests!

: FLC Executive Director, Bill Clabough, provides the evening program.

: View of the attendees.

: Sweeping view of the event barn.

: Door prizes!

: Pat & Ernie Blankenship with the TN products basket!

: Bruce Rein is the rain barrel winner!

: Handmade bluebird box was also one of the door prizes.

: Attendee Old Beau (left) visits with FLC Board member, David Long.

: FLC sponsors, Clyde and Cheryl Wood

: Dan Feller says hello to friend Megan Venable

: More photos of our Friends…

: Gordon & Nancy Thomas

: Former FLC Board Member, Burke Pinnell, with wife Lezah and Mary Kay Sullivan.

: Former FLC Board Member and Host Committee Chair, Ernie Blankenship and his wife, Pat.

: FLC Agr. Specialist, Gary Moore, with Dr. Robert Burns (Dean for UT Ext.)

: FLC’s Agriculture Specialist, Gary Moore, and his wife, Martha (center), say hello to Madge Cleveland, FLC’s Board President.

: Strata-G team poses for a group photo.

: RiverView Family Farm representatives (left to right), Erin, Janice Williams, and Rachel Samuleski.

: Folks from Gilmartin Engineering gathered for a photo on the veranda.

: FLC Board President, Madge Cleveland, greets Knox County Mayor, Tim Burchett.

: FLC staff member, Gary Moore, and wife Martha

: Group photo with FLC Board Member’s Jenny Hines (far right) and Mike Parish (3rd from right).

: Many thanks to Holly Hambright’s team for a delicisous spread of southern food!

To view 2016’s Celebration Photos – click here

FLC’s 2019 Summer Celebration – Another beautiful evening spent with our friends at RiverView Family Farm!

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 at 6:41 pm

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Photo courtesy of Doug Mills

FLC’s Summer Celebration!

Saturday • August 24, 2019 • 5pm-8:30pm

HOST LOCATION: RiverView Family Farm

RiverView Family Farm sits on 265 acres and is located on Fort Loudon Lake in the Concord community of west Knoxville. The farm has the Tennessee Century Farm designation and has been in the family for 7 generations. This is a working farm providing grain and grass fed beef and hay.

On behalf of FLC’s Board of Directors and staff we wanted to thank all of our Sponsors, Hosts, and Friends for joining us at this year’s Summer Celebration! This event brings together our supporters and those interested in learning more about our organization. It’s an opportunity to visit with Board and staff while learning about Foothills’ mission, project successes, and highlights. And, we just enjoy spending time with each other – it’s a party!

Another big thank you goes out to FLC’s event partners! RiverView Family Farm and it’s Director, Rachel Samulski, made us all feel right at home. Doug Mills, videographer of the local television program, “The Heartland Series”, provided his outstanding photography skills to capture special moments. Holly’s Eventful Dining and The Pour Guys took care of guests with an assortment of fabulous drinks and a tasty Southern menu that included pork sliders, mozzarella salad and deviled eggs. To view pictures from the 2019 Summer Celebration, click here.

Net proceeds from this year’s Summer Celebration support our enduring mission to preserve, protect, and enhance the lands of the Southern Appalachian region.

Thanks to the generous and ongoing contributions of our Friends, FLC is able to expand conservation efforts across our diverse region. Foothills is a 501(c)(3) and does not receive any financial assistance from local, state or federal governments. We rely on individual and corporate contributions solely to sustain our organization, land acquisition and stewardship funds.

We are all looking forward to seeing all of you next year and there even more reason to Celebrate – FLC turns 35!!

- The FLC Team

If you would like to join FLC at next year’s ‘2020 Summer Celebration’ as a Sponsor or Host Member, please contact Elise Eustace at eeustace@foothillsland.org or 865-681-8326.

To View 2019’s Celebration Photos – click here

To view 2018’s Celebration photos – click here

To view 2017’s Celebration photos – click here

To view 2016’s Celebration photos – click here

A special thank you to FLC’s 2019 Sponsors and Hosts!

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Recap of FLC’s ’30th Anniversary’ Summer Celebration – August 22, 2015

Thursday, March 26th, 2015 at 2:10 pm

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On Saturday, August 22, 2015,the Foothills Board, staff, and supporters gathered to celebrate FLC’s 30th anniversary as a regional land trust.

This year’s Summer Celebration was another successful and fun evening spent at Penrose Farm. Many thanks to our hostess, Christine ‘Teenie’ Hayworth. We would also like to thank our 2015 Sponsors, 2015 Host Committee, and volunteers along with our Board of Directors for making this event a wonderful gathering of friends.

During the program, Foothills announced the creation of a new fund, called The Land Preservation Fund. This special fund will assist FLC with future land protection and acquisition projects. To date, close to $14,000 has been raised in donations ‘in memory of’ Jack Rose. The FLC Board has agreed to match, dollar for dollar, these donations along with any future donations ‘in memory of’ Jack Rose. The money to date – all $24,000 – will be placed in the Land Preservation Fund. FLC has also approved a portion of money recently received from the estate of the late Charlie Klabunde, along with donations made by two other FLC supporters, to be moved into this fund as well. We are excited to report that the fund balance now stands at a total of $100,000, assisting in a great start for an important fund.

Here are a few links to recent media articles about FLC’s 30th anniversary as a regional land trust and our recent Summer Celebration:

Celebrate Summer – Conservancy marks 30 years of land protection – Maryville Daily Times
Cynthia Moxley’s The Blue Streak ‘Foothills and friends remember Jack Rose’
30 Years of Protecting Land – FLC celebrates past, looks ahead – Maryville Daily Times
Roots of Foothills Land Conservancy are deep – Maryville Daily Times

To view last year’s 2014 Celebration page that includes images from the event, please click here.

FLC’s Summer Celebration – August 17, 2014

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 at 1:13 pm

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A special thank you to all of our Friends…

For another successful Summer Celebration!

Photo Courtesy: Doug Mills

A special thank you to all of our Friends for helping to make this year’s Celebration one of the most successful to date! Close to 300 guests mingled among the pastures and gardens at Christine Hayworth’s Penrose Farm – a perfect location for FLC’s annual friend and fundraiser. FLC Board and staff visited with and thanked our individual and corporate Friends while updating them on Foothills’ programs. Despite a few summer showers, festivities got underway with delicious food from Holly’s Eventful Catering and beverages served by the Pour Guys. A special thank you to Campbell Tent & Party Rental, Stellar Visions & Sound and our many wonderful volunteers!

This is the fifth year Christine Hayworth has graciously hosted FLC’s annual friend and fundraiser at her 130 acre equestrian center and horse farm. In 2007, Mrs. Hayworth partnered with FLC to place a conservation easement on the property, permanently preserving the natural features of the property, which also boasts outstanding views of the foothills and Great Smoky Mountains.

Foothills’ annual Celebration is a time to visit with other FLC supporters in a relaxed setting while celebrating the Foothills mission to preserve, protect and enhance the Tennessee landscape. This past year was a third consecutive record-breaking year and a ‘best ever’ record for Foothills Land Conservancy, with well in excess of 11,000 acres protected. To date, we have preserved over 46,000 acres in 26 Tennessee counties!

2014 Celebration Photos

Celebration Write Up in the Knoxville News Sentinel by Megan Venable

Click here to view photos courtesy of Chuck Cooper.

Photos Below Courtesy of Doug Mills.